Juan Federico Ponce Vaides

Juan Federico Ponce Vaides (26 August 1889-16 November 1956) was the President of Guatemala from 4 July to 20 October 1944, succeeding Jorge Ubico and preceding Juan Jose Arevalo. He was overthrown by Arevalo in the popular Guatemalan Revolution.

Biography
Juan Federico Ponce Vaides was born on 26 August 1889 in Guatemala, and he was a General of the Guatemalan Army. On 1 July 1944, Jorge Ubico was forced to resign due to a pro-democracy movement, and Ubico appointed Vaides as a member of the military junta that ruled the country. On 3 July, he forced Parliament to make him President at gunpoint, and he sent the police to oppress the indigenous population of the country to prevent them from voting. This furthered the revolutionary cause, and Vaides was overthrown on 20 October 1944 in a coup by the people and progressives in the army. He was allowed to leave the country after the Guatemalan Revolution, and he died on 16 November 1956.